Mother Facing Child Abuse Charges in Carbon County

TOWAMENSING TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A woman is charged with child endangerment and assault after police say she abused her 4-year-old son.

Troopers say Ashlyn McCartney, 24, of Towamensing Township, near Lehighton, beat the boy so badly that he suffered life-threatening injuries and had to be admitted to the intensive care unit at a hospital near Allentown.